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That only about 20,000 of the 625,000 known species of insects 

 in the world, damage crops and other property, or spread disease? Of the 

 80,000 U. S. species, only 600, or less than 1 in 100, are considered 

 destructive. 



That the ovenvintering spores of Black Rot of Grapes are suffi- 

 ciently nature to cause infection by the time the new shoots are 2 to 4 

 inches long? Fruit infection vrtiich occurs several weeks later is the re- 

 sult of summer spores which come from the early infection on the new growth. 



That every fruit plant of a given variety in existence, whether 

 Howard 17 strawberry or Mcintosh apple, is a direct vegetative descendant 

 of the original seedling? One Baldwin tree in Massachusetts is said to be 

 of the third generation. In oth.^r v/ords, it vras grafted from a tree which 

 was grafted from the original Baldwin. The latter is listed as a casualty 

 in the hurricane of 1815. 



That the waste in paring, coring and trimming apples for commercial 

 canning of sauce amounts to more than twice as much in the 2'^" size as in 

 the 3" and up? The losses per 100 lbs. amount to about 43 and 18 lbs. re- 

 spectively. Numbers of apples per 100 lbs. are about 665 and 268. Losses 

 in the 2-|-" and 2 3/4" sizes amount to 30 x 23 lbs. respectively. 



That more than 9,000,000 tons of commercial fertilizers were used 

 in the U. S. in 1941? Of all the states, North Carolina used the largest 

 amount - more than 1,000,000 tons. Of the total tonnage used in the country, 

 federal agencies (AAA h Ilk) distributed about 800,000 tons. 



That the total cash income of American farmers in 1941 amounted 

 to $ll,830rpOOO,000? This is the largest income received since 1920 v^hen 

 it totalled $12,608,000,000. The increase in 1941 over 1940 was 

 $2,700,000,000. 



That the stone walls in Massachusetts, if placed end to end, would 

 be long enough to circle the globe at least 5 times, or reach more than half 

 way to the moon? 



That several fruit bulletins from Massachusetts State College have 

 recently been revised? Among them are: "Peach Growing in Massachusetts," 

 "Grape Growing in Massachusetts," and "Top Grafting Fruit Trees," Another 

 revised bulletin, "Spraying and Dusting Fruit Trees," will be off the press 

 soon. 



EVERY FOREST FIRE IS AN AXIS FIRE , I,t. Gen. H. A. Drum says, 

 "Forest fires destroy a priceless source of raw material and also 

 serve the enemy by endangering vital installations," 



